Employee of the Month

It's friday, so instead of the long bullshit that I usuallly post I'm just going to dump another review into here.

Employee of the Month

A though occurs when I hear the title of this movie. There was another film of the exact same name only 3 years ago and although I've never seen the other film I can be sure that it was better then this one.

They got quite a few famous people involved with the picture, unfortunately, none of them are famous for acting. And with good reason. Dane Cook, who stars in the film, should have probably realized that if he wasn't funny when he was telling his own bad jokes, he wouldn't be funny when he was telling someone else's. Andy Dick plays a supporting role and predictably tries way too hard and still isn't funny. In another supporting role is Harland Williams who, once again, is playing the role of Harland Williams. One has to wonder if he hit his peak as the state trooper in Dumb and Dumber. Jessica Simpson, playing the female lead, has been hailed as the worst actor of the year, but that simply isn't true. Not when Danny Woodburn is right there next to her in what has to be his first major part since Seinfeld. It must be very easy for little people to get acting work, considering the amount that are used in comedy and the fact that Woodburn can get work without an ounce of talent. The only decent performance worth mention was Dax Shepard, who still floundered because of the dreadful script.

The group of "actors" worked under the strict tutelage of Greg Coolige, a relatively unknown director who brought us such gems as "Queen for a Day" and is working on his new project "Coxblocker", which we're all holding our breath for. He was also a writer for the film and considering the script it's not surprising. The story is a very trite good verses bad competition with a woman as the real goal. The script is littered with bad dialogue, unfunny jokes, and inaccuracies about work in a warehouse store. Since they filmed inside a real Costco, one would think they would have had a better shot at making the story at least accurate, if not realistic.

Watching Employee of the Month was an agonizing experience that I urge you not to put yourself though. Cracking a smile only when I imagined horrible things happening to the cast, it was like a two-hour dentist appointment- uncomfortable, boring and painful. It reeked of big money and no talent, the worst combination.

Rating: 1.5 stars out of 5